Old Dog, New Tricks
by Mike Pollock
(Contest entry, February 18' Micro-fiction; SFFWorld.com)
Dr. Ivanov watched with growing
horror as Patient 4 remained standing. An ear piercing siren blared each time
he hit the button on his coding remote, yet it had no effect.
He croaked something unintelligible
as 4 began to advance and he realized his frantic button pressing was in vain.
A toothy grin infected the otherwise
manic expression of Patient 4 and Dr. Ivanov noticed blood running from both ears
from self-inflicted wounds.
“What have you done?” he cried
as 4 reached him, but his words fell on deaf ears.
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